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CO RPORATION LUNAR NAVIGATION STUDY FINAL REPORT (June 1964 to May 1965) =,_ 4; t _'t" : Copy No. 2 GPO PRICE $ CFSTI PRICE(S) $ Hard copy (HC) Microfiche (MF) ff 053 July 65 THE-E__nd'_'_'CO RPORATION LUNAR NAVIGATION STUDY FINAL REPORT (June 1964 to May 1965) BSR 1134 June 1965 Sections 1 through 7 Prepared for: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama under Contract No. NAS8-11Z92 Authors : L.J. Abbeduto W.G. Green M.E. Amdursky T.F. King D.K. Breseke R.B. Odden J.T. Broadbent P.I. Pressel R.A. Gillf T.T. Trexler H.C. Graboske C. Waite BENDIX SYSTEMS DIVISION OF THE BENDIX CORPORATION Ann Arbor, Michigan CONTENTS Page I. INTRODUCTION 2. PROBLEM DEFINITION AND STUDY APPROACH 3. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF NAVIGATION SYSTEM CONCEPTS 3-I 3. I NAVIGATION FUNCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS 3-1 3. I. l Mission Type II 3-2 3. 2 PASSIVE NON-GYRO CONCEPT 3-II 3. 2. I Concept Definition 3-II 3. 2. 2 Navigation Requirements-- Mission Type II 3-11 3. 2. 3 Error Allocation-- Mission Type II 3-12 3. 3 INERTIAL SYSTEM CONCEPT 3-18 3. 3. 1 Concept Definition 3-18 3. 3. 2 Navigation Requirements-- Mission Type II 3-18 3. 3. 3 Error Allocation-- Mission Type II 3-19 3.4 RF TECHNOLOGY CONCEPT 3-23 3.4. I Concept Definition 3-23 3.4. 2 Navigation Requirements-- Mission Type II 3-23 3.4. 3 Error Allocation-- Mission Type II 3-25 3.5 CONCEPT TOTAL ACCURACY 3-27 3.6 CONCLUSIONS 3-27 4. NAVIGATION REQUIREMENTS 4-1 4. I NAVIGATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4-1 4. I. I ELM Landing Site Surveys 4-2 4. I. 2 Gravity Surveys 4-4 4. I. 3 Seismic Surveys 4-5 iii CONTENTS (CONT. ) Page 4ol.4 Magnetic Surveys 4-6 4.1.5 Path Retrace 4-7 4ol. 6 Selenodetic Mapping 4-8 4ol. 7 LEM/T to LEM Traverse 4-9 4.1.8 Typical Navigation Requirements 4-I0 4.2 INTERFACES WITH OTHER VEHICLE SYSTEMS 4-11 4. 2. 1 Communications System 4-11 4o 2. 2 Vehicle Mobility and Remote Control Systems 4-12 4. 2. 3 Scientific Mission Instrumentation System 4-12 ° LUNAR PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS 5-1 5. 1 GRAVITY AND DEFLECTIONS OF VERTICAL 5-I 5. l o 1 Deflections of Lunar Vertical 5-2 5. 2 LUNAR SURFACE AND ITS PHOTOMETRIC CHAR- ACTERISTICS 5-6 5° 2° 1 Relief Characteristics 5-6 5° 2_ 2 Photometric Characteristics 5-7 5° Zo 3 Feature Recognition ar__d Definition 5-14 5° 3 OPTICAL LINE OF SIGHT ON LUNAR SURFACE 5-15 5. 4 RADIO FREQUENCY LINE OF SIGHT 5-16 . NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES AND COMPONENTS 6-1 6. 1 NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES 6-i 6. lo 1 Position Fix Techniques 6-I 6-Z0 6. 1. 2 Piloting 6o 1. 3 Dead Reckoning 6-35 6. 2 NAVIGATION COMPONENTS 6-37 6.2.1 Local Vertical Sensors 6-37 6.2.2 Radar Velocity Sensor 6-38 6.2.3 Lunar Marker Materials Survey 6-4Z 6.2.4 State of the Art Navigation Component Per- formance Data 6-46 iv CONTENTS{CONT.) o ERROR MODEL DEVELOPMENT 7-1 7. i GENERAL ERROR MODEL OUTLINE 7-1 7. I. l Generalized Model 7-2 7. i. 2 Functional Form 7-5 7. 2 DERIVATION OF COMPONENT ERROR MODELS 7-8 7. 2. l Ge__eraiDead Reckoning Error Model 7-8 7° 2° 2 Celestial Tracker Position Fix Error Model 7-17 7° 2o 3 I_-:itial Azimuth Alignmer_t Error Model 7-20 7o 2. 4 Timer ar:d Ephemeris Error Model 7-26 7. 2. 5 Celestial Tracker True Elevation, True Azimuth Error Model 7-29 7o 2o 6 Vertical[ Anomaly Error Model 7-35 7o 2. 7 Odometer Error Model 7-38 7o 2° 8 IR, RF Earth Tracker Error Model 7-42 7. 2o 9 P_._'_duious Vertical Se:%sor, Vertical Gyro Error Model 7-44 7° 2_ I0 Directio=al Gyro arid Accelerometer Error Model 7-45 7. 2° ! ! Doppler Rad__r P._a.v Mod_.l 7-56 7° 2° 12 CSM Reference Error Model 7-61 7o 3 DERiV/{TION OF CONCEPT MODELS 7-82 7. 3° 1 Ger__eral Formulation 7-82 7. 3. 2 Coordinate Systems 7-84 7. 3. 3 Vehicle Trajectories 7-87 7. 3.4 Error Model Flow Diagrams 7-102 7. 3. 5 Updating Dead Reckoning System Errors 7-123 7. 4 DEFINITION OF REQUIRED INPUTS 7-126 7.4. l Error Inputs 7-126 7. 4. 2 Mission and ET:vironmental Parameters 7-126 7. 5 TERMINOLOGY LIST 7-132 7. 5. 1 Symbol Identification 7-132 7. 5° 2 30- Error Terms-Equipment Errors 7-138 v CONTENTS(CONT.) 7- 140 7.5.3 3_ Error Terms--Physical Uncertainties 7.5.4 3_ Error Terms--Calculated Errors 7-140 7-14Z 7.5.5 Error Sensitivity Coefficients 7.5.6 Location of Derivation of Error Sensitivity Coefficients 7-147 8-i . CONCEPT ANALYSIS 8. 1 ANALYSIS APPROACH 8-I 8. Z ERROR SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENTS 8-Z 8. Z. 1 Position Fix 8-3 8-5 8. 2. Z Azimuth AlignmentMeasurement 8. Z. 3 True Elevation 8-7 8. 2.4 True Azimuth 8-9 8. 2. 5 Conclusions 8-10 8. 3 NONGYRO CONCEPT 8-11 8-11 8. 3. 1 Mission Independent Analysis 8-35 8. 3. Z Mission Dependent Analysis 8. 4 INERTIAL CONCEPT 8-42 8. 4. 1 Mission Independent Analysis 8-42 8. 4. Z Mission Dependent Analysis 8-49 8. 5 RF CONCEPT 8-50 8-50 8. 5. 1 Mission Independent Analysis 8-53 8. 5. Z Mission Dependent Analysis . SUMMARY OF RESULTS 9-I 10. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 10-1 APPENDIX A DEAD-RECKONING ERROR MODEL A-l APPENDIX B ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM ERRORS B-l APPENDIX C SELECTION OF A CELESTIAL OBSERVABLE C-l APPENDIX D R F HOMING D-l APPENDIX E MEAN THEOREM APPLICATION TO GENERAL DEAD RECKONING ERROR MODEL APPENDIX F REFERENCES vi ILLUS TRATIONS Figure Title Page 2-1 G oncept, 1_-4_a.srsi_ce ;/;Nong_-rlo,,S;ys te_m :Block Diagram 2-2 2-2 Cont opit 2j-_tner t[al: .Sys torn"Bloc k Dia gram 2-3 2-3 C oncept_ 3(_l_F..' T_chnolog_ystem,Btock Diagram 2-4 2-4 Block Diagram of Study Approach 2-5 ?_.-5 Total Exploration Program 2-7 2-6 Mission 1 - 1972 2-I0 3-7 Mission.2 - 1976 2-13 Mission 3 - 1978 2-16 Missxon 4 - 1980 2-18 3-7< Mis'sxon 5 - 1980 2 -20 Mission 6 - 1984 Z -23 L-.t Definition of Lunar Radii 5,=3 Line of Sigh'_ C_eometry 5-17 _i_.e of Sign_ _s F,_rrain Height 5_17 _4.,!rr_berof Stars, n, Brighter Than Magnitude, m 6-4 .,_ ...... =_)_,,_t_o:n Ra;.ge of Stars 6-4 Reia_ive Optical Sensitivity 6-5 Mass Center and Illumination Center Correction 6-5 3o- ErrorsoICataiog Star Position 6-11 6-6 Visual Sighting Distance vs Viewing Azimuth; 5-Meter Hemisphere, Lunar Day 6-22 6-7 Visual Sighting Distance vs Viewing Azimuth; 1-Meter Hemisphere, Lunar Day 6-23 6-8 Visual Sighting Distance vs Viewing Azimuth; 5-Meter Hemisphere, Lunar Night 6-24 6-9 Visual Sighting Distance vs Viewing Azimuth; l-Meter Hemi'sphe,9_e, Lunar Night 6-25 6-10 Visual Sighting Distance vs Viewing Azimuth; 5-Meter Hemisphere and 5-Meter Lunar Block, Lunar Day, Equatorial Region 6-29 6-11 Beacon Tower Placement 6-32 6-12 Typical Mission Loop 6-32 vii ILLUSTRATIONS (CONT.) Figure Title Page 6-13 Loop Coverage vs Number of Beacons 6-34 6-14 Radar Antenna Beam 6-39 6-15 Ratio of Luminance of a Specular Sphere to That of a Diffuse Sphere as a Function of Angle of Observation 6 -44 7-i Generalized Error Model Flow Diagram 7-3 7-2 Selenocentric Coordinates 7-9 7-3 Analytic Navigation System Coordinates 7-I0 7-4 Astronomical Triangle 7-21 7-5 Star Azimuth Definition 7 -ZZ 7-6 Effective Observable Elevation Error 7 -Z4 7-7 Observable Instantaneous Velocity Vector 7-28 7-8 Body Centered Coordinates 7 -29 7-9 Star Tracker Unit Pointing Vector 7-30 7-10 Vertical Anomaly Definition 7 -36 7-II Local Vertical Pointing Vector 7-36 7-12 Radial Error 7-41 7-13 Wheel Deflection 7-41 7-14 Applied Vehicle Accelerations 7-51 7-15 Approximate Applied Vehicle Accelerations 7 -51 7-16 Doppler Antenna Pointing Angle 7-58 7-17 CSM Orbital Geometry 7 -62 7-18 Great Circle Plane Intersecting Vehicle and CSM 7-65 7-19 Ranging Instantaneous Geometry 7 -69 7 -Z0 Concept Error Model Flow Diagram 7-83 7-ZI Vehicle Error Ellipsoid 7-84 7 -22 Lunar Based Celestial Sphere 7 -85 7-23 Geometric Navigational System 7-85 7 -24 Analytic Navigational System 7-86 7 -25 Body Centered System 7-86 7 -26 Local Vertical Space 7-87 7-27 Celestial Tracker Space 7-88 7-28 Initial Path Geometry 7 -90 7 -29 Path Density Functions 7 -90 7 -30 Incremental Leg Loci 7-91 7-31 Incremental Leg Loci 7 -92 7-32 General Path Definitions 7-92 viii ILLUSTRATIONS (CONT.) Figure Title Page 7-33 Standard Normal 7-93 7-34 Random Variable Frequency Function 7-94 7 -35 Path Geometry 7-96 7-36 Terminal Conditions for Dead Reckoning 7-I00 7-37 Path Density Function 7-101 7-38 Concept I Error Model Flow Diagram, Position Fix, Initial Azimuth Alignment 7-103 7-39 Concept I Error Model Flow Diagram, Dead Reckoning 7-I08 7-40 Vertical Errors, Inertial Concept 7-I13 7-41 Concept 2 Error Model Flow Diagram, Dead Reckoning 7_I14 7-42 Concept 3, Position Fix Subconcept 7-115 7-43 Doppler Radar Flow Diagram 7-116 7 -44 CSM Position Fix, Initial Azimuth Alignment_ Angular Tracking 7-I18 7-45 CSM PF Error Model Ranging 7-121 7-46 Dead Reckoning Updating Procedures 7-125 8-I to 8=21 Celestial Tracker Error Sensitivity Coefficients, Position Fix 8-58 to 8-78 8-22 te 8=24 Celestial Tracker Error Sensitivity G_efficients.
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